Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-02-09

The following is an abstract Of the sub
ject discussed at the prayer-meeting in
the Presbyterian Church last night. in
which the pastor said
If Christ had been mere man and ap-
pointed by God the Father to be sacri.
fee for sin, we have no doubt that his
sacrifice would have been of great worth.
The mere appointment would have given
ii value. But Christ was not mere man.
lie had divine nature as well as human
nature. He had divine attributes, and di-
vine titles, and is worthy of divine honors
Hundreds of years before his advent it
was declared of him ''All kings shall
fall down before him; all nations shall
serve him. His name shall endure forever:
his name shall be continued as long as
the sun; and men shall be blessed in him:
all nations shall call him blessed" He is
represented by the prophet as 1.-THE Coun-
selIor, The mighty Cod The everlasting
Father" After his resurrection, he said
to his disciples "All power is given I'M
TO me in heaven and in earth" As man
is far above the brute, because he has
rational soul, SO Christ is far above man,
because he is divine. Now for such an
exalted being as that to die is an event
that can never be equalled. 1t is the most
important event in the history of the
world. Before the advent of Christ all
events looked forward to his coming.
Since his advent and death all events in
Christian lands look back to that period.
We take account of Christs coming In all
the letters we write, and In all the records
we make. We give the date, so many
years and months after Christ. The death
of Christ then is the event of events-the
In he I. or Of
Now there must be great deal Of sig
nificance and meaning in that event.
There must be a purpose, design in His
coming into the world to lay down His
life as a malefactor. And so we are taught
ia Gods word. BY his life he obeyed the
'aw of God, not for himself but for us. In
his death he suffered the penalty of the
broken law, not for himself but for us.
He delivers us from condemnation. The
law said : 1.-THE soul that sinneth, it shall
die. Pardon could come only through
Christ. Without blood there was no re-
mission of sin, and all the sacrifices of the
Jews pointed to Christ as the Lamb of
God that taketh away sin. Justice cried
for the death of the sinner, and Jesus
came and satisfied the demands of justice
in his own DEATH Being divine, that sac
rifice has infinite merit, and can bring par
don and peace to men in every part and
age of the world. Through faith in that
Saviour, who made the atoneinent for sin,
we are restored to the favor of God.
BY this work those who believe in him
are saved. They grow into his likeness,
and become better and better fitted for
the glory beyond. Through his work in
the world the kingdom of Satan is weak
ened, and shall be ultimately destroyed.
All the divine projections shine forth even
more brightly in the plan of salvation,
than they do in the works of Providence
and Of nature.
Now since this is Gods plan of Saliva
ton, we ought not to despise or neglect
it. There is no other way by which we
can be saved. Neither is there salvation
in any other; for there is none other name
under heaven given among men, whereby
we must be saved" We ought to secure
its blessings for ourselves by penitence
and faith. We ought to make known this
plan of salvation to our fellow men, and
do all we can to induce them to secure its
benefits